Beverly Sills at the Met

Taking a curtain call after her Met debut in The Siege of Corinth.

“Sills and Burnett at the Met”—with Carol Burnett, March 1976.

With Sherrill Milnes in Massenet's Thaïs in January 1978.

Beverly Sills in her Metropolitan Opera debut as Pamira in Rossini's Siege of Corinth on April 7, 1975.

A light moment during rehearsal for The Siege of Corinth with bass Justino Díaz.

Photo: Gerald Fitzgerald

A rehearsal for The Siege of Corinth with director Sandro Sequi and bass Justino Díaz.

Photo: Gerald Fitzgerald

With her brothers at a Met party after her debut.

Photo: Paul Seligman